Iowa School District's Religion Policy Is Being Redrafted

Last month (as reported by the National Examiner) the Spencer, Iowa school board proposed a draft policy on Religious Liberty in Spencer Community Schools. (Full text of proposal, Word doc.) The policy would have protected student and staff religious expression, student distribution of religious material and would have added two new courses to the high school curriculum: "The Bible in History and Literature" and "Critic [sic.] of Darwinism, a scientific approach". However, on Thursday the Des Moines Register reported that the board has withdrawn the original proposal and will redraft it after complaints that the proposed new courses and other parts of the draft advance Christian beliefs. [Thanks to Blog from the Capital for the lead.]